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Intense training in elite female athletes: evidence of reduced growth and delayed maturation?
  1. S Bass1,
  2. R Daly1,
  3. D Caine2
  1. 1School of Health Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia; shonab@deakin.edu.ac
  2. 2Department of Physical Education, Health and Recreation, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.36.4.310-b

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    In their recent article Intensive training in elite young female athletes, Baxter-Jones and Maffulli reviewed 18 studies and concluded “training does not appear to affect growth and maturation.”1 We have two concerns about this conclusion. Firstly, we agree that analyses of cross sectional and cohort data in this population are confounded by sampling bias; gymnasts who are successful at an elite level are likely to be self selected by their small stature and delayed maturation. Furthermore, data from cross sectional …

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